About Those Burgundy on Burgundy Uniforms
About Those Burgundy on Burgundy Uniforms
The O-Line, taking a burgundy spin for change. (By John McDonnell- TWP)
More Morning Look: Fedorov Has a Fan
More Morning Look: Fedorov Has a Fan
Courtesy Washington Capitals.
If you were a big Caps fan and were especially fond of Sergei Fedorov, one thing you might have done to celebrate his becoming the NHL’s all-time leading Russian goal scorer would be to pump your fist. Possibly you could have stood up off your coach and raised your arms in the air. Maybe you might have downed a sip or two or red Gatorade to mark the occasion.
Morning Look: CP Reps Obama
Morning Look: CP Reps Obama
(Photo via DCFab!)
D.C. athletes continued to be well represented in the election coverage this week, from this amazing Obama-esque image of Oleksiy Pecherov to a convoluted Joe Gibbs connection with the president-elect, from Gilbert Arenas snapping up commemorative newspapers from around the country to Fred Smoot calling Leigh Torrence “a cross between Malcolm X and Charles Barkley” and Clinton Portis noting that “after the election, we’ll probably have some people hitting harder in practice for a few days.”
Vegas: Still Loves the Skins
Vegas: Still Loves the Skins
Steelers rise to top of Vegas’s rankings on the Skins’ shoulders. (By Jonathan Newton - TWP)
The Redskins’ loss to Pittsburgh was, by a pretty significant margin, the team’s biggest deviation from Vegas’s expectations this season. In several games, the Redskins have flirted with the spread into the final moments; this time, favored by about 2.5, they lost by a healthy 17-point margin.
Bissinger, Big Daddy Drew and the Bog
Bissinger, Big Daddy Drew and the Bog
With the Redskins bye week, I’m taking off to New York for the next couple days, but in an act of shameless self-promotion, I wanted to note that I’ll be part of tonight’s Varsity Letters sports reading series at Happy Ending Lounge on the Lower East Side.
My fellow panelists are the hilarious and naughty Drew Magary of Kissing Suzy Kolber and Men With Balls fame, and the esteemed and furious Buzz Bissinger of Friday Night Lights and television meltdown fame. I’m playing the role of Braylon Edwards.
College Basketball Poll Seeks Voters
College Basketball Poll Seeks Voters
Last year’s Atlantic 11 champs. (Mitchell Layton photo via GUHoyas.com.)
If you’re a longtime reader around these parts, you might remember that, for two winters running, about five or six dozen Bog readers and local media members have collaborated on the Atlantic 11, a weekly ranking of the Top 11 division I men’s basketball programs in the DMV. There are 27 eligible schools; one is called Longwood. Longwood has never been ranked.
D.C. United Vanity, Wizards Statesmanship
D.C. United Vanity, Wizards Statesmanship
This trend of sports teams’ producing humorous videos of player interviews for fan events that then wind up on YouTube is pretty great for vacationing bloggers.
D.C. United players spend time in front of the mirror, via Behind the Badge.
Morning Look: Hip Hip in Detroit
Morning Look: Hip Hip in Detroit
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for the Hip Hip Hoorayride. A win over Detroit was followed by “Win on Three!,” a massive blip on the season-ending DVD retrospective. Making matters worse, the inevitable return to Hipness against the Steelers was preempted by some unfortunate on-the-field circumstances.
So let’s briefly return to happier days, when four friends from Montgomery County traveled to the Midwest wearing their Hip Hipness on their sleeves. Ok, more like on their signs, but whatever.
Steelers Fans, StubHub, Michael Wilbon and You
Steelers Fans, StubHub, Michael Wilbon and You
(By John McDonnell - TWP)
(Last time.)
Let’s take one more crack at this issue, because a lot of people have written about this elsewhere, and I got a bit more info.
Skins, Steelers and Politics
Skins, Steelers and Politics
“Politics meets Redskins meets Monday [bleepin'] night!” Adam Gibson was shouting through a megaphone at a group of Steelers fans two hours before kickoff. “What’s Pennsylvania waiting for?”